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The leaders of both parties in the House of Representatives emerged from a White House meeting Tuesday to support President Barack Obama's call for American strikes against government forces in Syria's civil war.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters that only the United States has the "the capability and capacity" to respond to what Washington says was a poison gas attack by troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
"The use of chemical weapons is a barbarous act. It's pretty clear to me that the United Nations is unable to take action; NATO, not likely to take action," Boehner said.
And House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi added that Washington must respond to actions "outside the circle of civilized human behavior."
"Humanity drew a line decades ago that I think if we ignore, we do so to the peril of many other people who could suffer," said Pelosi, D-California.
And Boehner's deputy, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Virginia, added in a written statement, "America has a compelling national security interest to prevent and respond to the use of weapons of mass destruction."
Obama met with congressional leaders Tuesday morning to lobby for their support on Syria, promising that American strikes would deliver important results while keeping the United States out of a larger war.
"This is not Iraq, and this is not Afghanistan," Obama told reporters before the meeting. "This is a limited, proportional step that will send a clear message — not only to the Assad regime, but also to other countries that may be interested in testing some of these international norms — that there are consequences."
Syria denies the accusations and accuses rebel groups of using chemical weapons, while the rebels blame government troops. The United States and several of its allies say the rebels don't have the capability to launch a large-scale chemical attack like the one seen outside Damascus on August 21.
The United States, along with NATO and several other countries, blames al-Assad's forces for a chemical weapons attack that's believed to have killed more than 1,000 people — including, Obama said Tuesday, more than 400 children.
"This norm against using chemical weapons — that 98 percent of the world agrees to — is there for a reason, because we recognize that there are certain weapons that, when used, can not only end up resulting in grotesque deaths, but also can end up being transmitted to non-state actors, can pose a risk to allies and friends of ours like Israel, like Jordan, like Turkey," Obama said.
Failing to punish Syria would send "a message that international norms around issues like nuclear proliferation don't mean much," he said. The U.S. military plan "gives us the ability to degrade Assad's capabilities when it comes to chemical weapons.
"It also fits into a broader strategy that we have to make sure that we can bring about over time the kind of strengthening of the opposition and the diplomatic and economic and political pressure required so that ultimately we have a transition that can bring peace and stability, not only to Syria, but to the region."
But the threat of a U.S. attack has, as expected, led to "a lot of dispersal" of Syria military assets in recent days, according to a US official with direct access to the latest information. The U.S. military needs to continuously update its target lists, the official said.
And although U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that the prospect of strikes has resulted in about 100 defections from the Syrian military, the U.S. official who spoke to CNN Tuesday said there have been no major or significant defections.
Among the top U.S. lawmakers meeting Tuesday with Obama were House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
In brief remarks, Boehner said he supports Obama's call for military action. "This is something that the United States as a country needs to do," he told reporters.
Pelosi also expressed support for action, saying al-Assad "crossed a line" with the use of chemical weapons "and we must respond."
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel also were present.
The White House push comes after al-Assad once again raised the specter of an all-out regional war if the United States strikes.
Syria's allies Russia and China, meanwhile, remain steadfastly opposed to military action, unconvinced by evidence that the United States and France say shows al-Assad's forces used chemical weapons in an August 21 attack around Damascus.
Dempsey, Kerry and Hagel are scheduled to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee later Tuesday to press the case for action against Syria, a senior State Department official said.
Kerry will argue that a failure to act "unravels the deterrent impact of the international norm against chemical weapons use," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
A senior Pentagon official told CNN Dempsey will focus in his testimony on answering questions from the members about the use of military force, rather than making an overt case for military action. This would be in line with Dempsey's views that the military will be ready to do whatever the president orders.
It will mainly be Hagel who makes the case that the use of force is warranted, a second senior defense official said. Both declined to be identified because they were speaking in advance of the hearing.
Obama is expected to meet with leaders of the key national security committees in the House and Senate.
Administration officials will also be conducting classified briefings on Syria for Congress nearly every day this week.
Israeli missile test
Amid heightened tension in the region, Israel carried out a missile test Tuesday morning in the Mediterranean — a launch detected by a Russian early warning system before it was confirmed by Israeli authorities, sending ripples of anxiety among observers.
Israel's Ministry of Defense said it and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency "completed a successful flight test (of the) new version of the Sparrow target missile."
The trial was carried out from an Israeli test range over the Mediterranean Sea, it said. The Arrow defense system successfully detected and tracked the system, it added.
Earlier, a Ministry of Defense Facebook post said an Anchor "target" missile was the type tested.
Arieh Herzog, a former head of Israel's missile defense program who was present at the Israeli air force test facility in central Israel when the test was conducted, told CNN it was intended to trial the new Sparrow target missile.
The target missile, launched from an aircraft, simulates a real, incoming, long range missile, he said.
A U.S. official told CNN it was "an expected Israeli system test" in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The official said it was up to the Israelis to explain exactly what they were testing.
Pentagon spokesman George Little said the United States had "provided technical assistance and support" to the Israeli military for the flight test, in line with regular cooperation on long-range missile defense projects.
"The test was long planned to help evaluate the Arrow Ballistic Missile Defense system's ability to detect, track, and communicate information about a simulated threat to Israel," he said. "This test had nothing to do with United States consideration of military action to respond to Syria's chemical weapons attack."
A U.S. military official was earlier adamant that the event "did not involve U.S. forces."
Five U.S. warships were in the Mediterranean Sea last week.
Ben Goodlad, a senior defense analyst at IHS Jane's, said that a target missile "has similar ballistic characteristics as a missile. However, it does not feature a warhead and is intended to merely simulate a launch in order to test detection, tracking and interception capabilities."
This is likely why there was no reported missile strike, he said. Any missiles fired against Syria from vessels in the Mediterranean would be Tomahawk cruise missiles, he said, "which follow a far flatter trajectory than ballistic missiles and would not be mistaken as such by early warning radar."
Russia's Defense Ministry said it detected the launch of two "ballistic objects" from the Mediterranean Sea toward the eastern Mediterranean coast at 2:16 a.m. ET, Russian news agency RIA-Novosti reported. Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu informed President Vladimir Putin of the development, it added.
Bill Neeley, international editor for CNN affiliate ITN, tweeted from Damascus that there have been "no major explosions in #Damascus area that might have been from missiles fired from Med. Several blasts 2 hrs ago from army to rebel areas."
'A lot of distrust'
In the United States, the Obama administration is expected to increase its lobbying efforts as lawmakers return to Capitol Hill for briefings.
A leading member of one of the key U.S. committees, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon, said the administration will have to overcome "a lot of distrust among the American people" about the intelligence that it says shows Syria's government used chemical weapons.
"There will be a real questioning as to the veracity of the evidence and if this really happened or not," McKeon, R-California, said in an interview with CNN's Barbara Starr. "It will be necessary to explain and prove to the American people, and I think the only person who can really do that is the president of the United States."
The United States and several of its leading allies accuse al-Assad's forces of resorting to poison gas attacks against rebel forces and civilians, including an August 21 attack near Damascus the Obama administration says killed more than 1,400 people.
Obama said Saturday that the use of chemical weapons is "a challenge to the world" that threatens U.S. allies in the region — but he said he would seek the authorization of Congress before unleashing American force.
No vote on military action is expected until after lawmakers reconvene from recess on September 9.
More support for the opposition
U.S. plans for strikes against Syria may be coupled with increased support for rebel forces in that country's civil war, two leading Republican senators said after meeting with the president on Monday.
Obama huddled in the Oval Office with McCain and Sen. Lindsey Graham, both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the White House said. After the meeting, McCain and Graham said the United States needs to help the rebels reverse battlefield gains by troops loyal to al-Assad.
"We still have significant concerns, but we believe there is in formulation a strategy to upgrade the capabilities of the Free Syrian Army and to degrade the capabilities of Bashar al-Assad," said McCain, the ranking Republican on the armed services committee.
McCain, who has called for U.S. intervention in Syria since early 2012, criticized Obama's decision to seek a vote before striking. But he said it would be "catastrophic" for Congress to reject the president's call to authorize military force.
"It would undermine the credibility of the United States of America and the president of the United States," McCain said. "None of us want that."
In an interview with CNN Tuesday, McCain added that he wants Congress to vote for a resolution that is "meaningful, impactful and can shift the balance of power on the ground in Syria."
McCain, a former Republican presidential candidate, said delays to U.S. military strikes are giving the Syrian military time to move its assets into safety and risks putting more civilians in danger.
Graham told CNN that Obama must do more to convince the American people of the need for action on Syria. The senator believes Iran will be emboldened to continue its pursuit of nuclear weapons if no international action is taken against Syria, and the region will be further destabilized.
"If we get Syria right, maybe we can avoid a war between Israel and Iran which we would surely get (dragged) into," he said. "If we fail to stand up for the right thing and send the right message, the whole region will go up in flames."
Lawmaker's 'big question'
The threat of a regional war is an angle that the Syrian president continues to flag.
"The Middle East is a powder keg, and the fire is approaching today," he told French newspaper Le Figaro in an interview Monday.
"One must not speak only of the Syrian response, but rather what could be produced after the first strike," he said. "Because nobody can know what will happen."
Neither Washington nor Paris has "a single proof" that the Syrian government was behind the alleged chemical weapons attack against civilians on August 21, he said.
Obama would have gone back to the U.N. Security Council if he were a strong leader, Assad said, but instead he has given in to pressure to act from within the United States.
Sample analysis
Syria has repeatedly denied being behind the August 21 attack and accuses rebel fighters of using chemical weapons on government troops.
U.N. weapons inspectors left Syria Saturday with evidence that will determine whether poison gas was used in that attack and tests on those samples are being conducted "as fast as it is possible to do within the scientific constraints," said Martin Nesirky, spokesman for Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The United Nations has said more than 100,000 people — including many civilians — have been killed in Syria since a popular uprising spiraled into a civil war in 2011. Syrian opposition activists reported another 107 dead on Monday, mostly in Damascus and its suburbs.
Numbers released by the United Nations Tuesday point to the staggering impact the war has had on the nation.
The number of Syrians who have fled their war-ravaged country has risen above 2 million, the U.N. refugee agency reported, an increase of nearly 1.8 million people over the past 12 months.
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Monday, April 9, 2007
Jerky Chicken – Because I just can't call it "Jerked Chicken" and keep a straight face!
The beauty of this recipe is its simplicity. It has just 3 basic ingredients and since the spice mix is so flavorful and intense, we don't need to add much. Also, please note the trick I show before applying the "wet rub" when I "score" the chicken breast with the knife. This is a great trick for several reasons that I explain in the clip. By the way, I serve this tasty breast over my famous "12 second" coleslaw, which I will demo soon. I also mention garlic-infused oil which I used to sauté the chicken, and I will demo that soon as well. In the meantime, if you don't have any garlic-infused oil, just add a couple crushed garlic cloves to the marinade.
2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
2 tbl Jerk spice mix (usually allspice and dried Scotch Bonnet peppers, cinnamon, nutmeg, and thyme)
1/2 orange, juiced
salt to taste
garlic oil to sauté
*if you don't have the garlic oil, just add some fresh garlic to the wet rub and sauté in plain vegetable oil
6 comments:
Chef John!
Unrelated to the jerk chicken: I can't find your Slanted Door Caramel Chicken recipe anywhere! Has it disappeared, or am I not looking in the right place?
- April 10, 2007 at 2:49 AM
- Chef John said...
I havent converted it yet from my old blog. I will do that ASAP! That should have been the first clip I did. Thanks.
- April 10, 2007 at 12:22 PM
- Leti said...
This looks fabulous! I tried a "jerky chicken" (I can't say it either without the snicker) recipe from elsewhere, but it was intended for a grill. Having none, I thought I'd try it in the pan and get "cooked" chicken. Uhg. What a wet-unsatisfying disaster. The two tips that were the most helpful here: knowing how to set the pan on high, then lowering the temperature and drying the chicken.
I made the old recipe for my boyfriend and what a disaster! I'll be making your recipe for him next time, with outstanding results .. I'm sure! (I'm already in love with your French Toast recipe and your Roast Chicken!)
Thanks again for all your excellent, clear cooking advice!
- March 29, 2008 at 8:49 AM
Hi Chef, I was wondering if you could tell me the proportions of the ingredients that make up your jerk mix. I'd like to take your jerk mix and apply it to your Oxtail recipe to make Jamaican Oxtail.
Thank you for communicating your recipes with wit and simplicity, and for knowing how to talk to beginners.
- March 18, 2012 at 3:23 PM
- Chef John said...
sorry, don't have the jar anymore! It was just a basic blend from a grocery store.
- March 18, 2012 at 4:48 PM
- JSpangs said...
Did you make a demo for garlic-infused oil? I searched the blog but couldn't find it. I love your website - you have inspired me to try so many great recipes!
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I'm a sucker for "old timey" cocktails, particularly those that have gone out of mainstream favor. I think this comes from a love of the art of cocktail crafting, frequently lost now where the most quaffed drinks tend to have a list of all their components in their names ("Jack and Coke," or "Gin and Tonic"). This affection of mine—born, I suspect, from watching my father opt recurringly for the venerable Manhattan—hasn't always cast me in a favorable light in the eyes of bartenders. In one case, I had admittedly pushed my luck too far at an open-bar gala. I started with a Manhattan (familiar enough), moved to a Sidecar, and then crossed the line in ordering a Sazerac. This was met with a dumbfounded stare, and then a, "Godammit, nobody drinks that old shit anymore!"
Today's drink was born in a time where the word "silent" in front of "movie" was itself unspoken as the default.
Rudolph Valentino starred as the matador Juan Gallardo in Fred Niblo's Blood and Sand (1922); billed as "his greatest role," this is actually not the film for which he is best known. Regardless, this drink is one of the relatively few cocktails that anchor their flavor profile with Scotch.
This particular cocktail must navigate deftly between Scylla and Charybdis — it must allow the Scotch to speak without causing the drink to taste of ashtray; and it must avoid the cloying sweetness brought on by its mixers. To solve the first issue, I rely on blended scotch, Grant's in this case. There are many good options here, as well as some single-malts that come from the Highlands region (Glenmorangie, I'm looking at you here). To solve the second issue, I suggest reducing the mixers from some of the standard recipes, replacing the orange juice with a more suitable namesake (blood orange juice) and also adding two bittering agents: Stirrings Blood Orange bitters, and Campari.
The Blood and Sand
1 ½ ounces Grant's Blended Scotch Whisky
¾ ounce Cherry Heering
¾ ounce blood orange juice, strained
¾ ounce sweet vermouth
1 teaspoon Stirrings Blood Orange Bitters
1 teaspoon Campari
Add all liquid ingredients to a cocktail shaker with crushed ice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Flame orange peel over the drink, then rub on the rim.


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School Library Design
A carefully considered design can tremendously improve the practicality and aesthetics of a space. Our in-house designers are some of the very best in the UK and as educational specialists you can be confident that Pinnacle will provide a solution to meet your practical requirements. More than this, our designers strive to push the boundaries of creativity to deliver the wow-factor in every project.
Interior Design
At Pinnacle, we won't just plan your layout; we have an interior design team with expertise in colour coordination and material choice. We use colour schemes, mood boards, 2D plans, 3D visuals, material samples and layouts to illustrate our proposal and help you make choices about your project. We will also work with colours and designs that you have in mind and consider the building style and features to create a proposal individual to each client. The BS8300 Code of Practice is significant when planning for educational establishments as it relates to design considerations including mobility issues, colour contrasts for visual clarity and safe working distances.
Track Record
- Over 250 clients have benefitted from our Interior Design Consultancy in the past 3 years
- With an in-house team of specialists we know the impact that colour can make to your space.
- Interior Design principles can be applied and have as much impact on a classroom or science laboratory as a social space
- A well thought-through design strategy can support your vision and culture
Meet the Design Team
Jenna Spicer
Jenna leads the design department at eightspace with a wealth of interior design knowledge. She is also fond of gardening and judging twirling and hopes to combine the two. We look forward to seeing vegetable dancing on our screens soon.
Bia Lorenzo
Bia adds a colourful South American flair to our design department and she is also organising our very first company carnival. (Wait till you see Dan's sparkly outfit)
Emma Betts
Emma has discovered a plus side to having both parents as teachers….she can embark on her 'crazy' educational interior designs with confidence, knowing that they will get meticulously examined at home for any flaws!
Victoria Turier-Duerden
A Design Technician inside and outside of the office, Victoria's modified black cab is very impressive. It comes in handy when meeting clients – but please don't put the meter on, Victoria!
Rafael Pimpao
Raf is an avid glider pilot, but he can only go on flights less than 1 hour long due to a lack of mid-flight coffee refuelling stations!! We are worried this frustration is subliminally affecting his work, the visuals last week were all at a birds-eye view!
Angi Boucher-Clift
Angi helps ensure our projects run smoothly and efficiently. She has already swapped all company car tyres to super softs and managed to reduced pit stop times when out on appointments down to 3.2 seconds.
Michael Hetherington
Michael has done very well in his role as a project manager, much better than his brief foray into sheep herding where his inability to whistle caused a few communication issues with his 'colleagues'.
Marcus Wheeler
Our Latte Art King, Marcus is ever the perfectionist whether it's estimating the value of a new project or creating a work of art in a mug! We're waiting for him to master Dave Stanley's face in Latte form.
Our design team will provide you with mood boards and samples of the finishes that are proposed for the new interior. We can provide mood boards, 3D visuals and 2D plans displaying your design to give you a real feel of the finished space. You will have opportunity to touch the materials and see the combination of colours together. We don't charge for this service and want to ensure that our clients are always delighted with the end result.
How Good Design Improves The School Dining Experience
A pleasant dining experience is vital in schools, to encourage pupils to eat healthy meals in an environment where they feel safe.Find out more
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Saturday 9 November
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Adam Rowe, Huge Davies, Kae Kurd, Janine Harouni, MC: Cally Beaton
20:00 – 22:30
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London's finest floating comedy club aboard the Tattershall Castle. It's a unique opportunity to enjoy a fantastic night out on a beautiful paddle steamer, which is permanently moored in the West End opposite The London Eye.
Our shows have four top comics with the occasional special guest and there are regular intervals so you can keep your drinks topped up.
The boat has four air-conditioned bars with fantastic views across the Thames. Shows run on Fridays and Saturdays. The admission price on the weekend also includes entrance to the night-club, which plays a mixture of classic floor fillers and the best new releases...it's perfect for parties or couples who want to laugh, eat and drink on board a boat!
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Gadgets: Universal Nonstick Silicone Lid
Kitchen gadgets, gear, and appliances to help you get things done.
The packaging for this week's gadget called out to me. Between the diagram of its many uses and the word "universal," it was boastfully yelling at me in the store: "I fit on anything and do lots of things!" I gave it a questioning look, believing it only halfway.
"Oh yeah? Prove it." And so I started losing my mind and talking to my gadgets.
Back home with my Universal Nonstick Silicone Lid ($18.95 at Sur La Table), I set out to test its three advertised functions: pot lid, trivet, and splatter guard. With my 10" skillet, its larger 12" cousin, and a small saucepan on the stove, I had an array of obstacles ready to go.
A sizzling sautée was a prime candidate for the splatter guard test, so onto the 12-incher went the lid. The silicone formed an immediate vacuum-like seal, and it stayed as long as I needed it to without budging. Success indeed, and I liked the little side tab that helped me pry it out of place despite its strong seal. But after repeated use that evening, the silicone held on to too much heat and it became nearly impossible to handle. If only the side tab had some kind of heat-resistant material around it for easy removal.
Weary of getting burnt again, I started using the lid merely to keep things warm while waiting for the rest of my meal to finish cooking. On a recent night, a quick (but incredibly tasty) quesadilla would have gotten cold had I waited around, so I turned again to my boastful friend. It formed an equally strong seal on my 10-incher, but after only a few minutes, condensation sogged my tortilla. Predictable enough, I guess.
Somewhere along the way, I discovered that there are pots and pans whose handles will get in the way of the seal—especially smaller ones. The lid is definitely capable of sealing onto anything, but how long it stays there is less "universal," to use their own words.
But as a trivet, there's nothing much to complain about (keeping heat from my table is hardly a challenging function) besides that it's slightly wobbly. Just like a trivet, the side tab has a hole for hanging, which means it can stay on my pot racks rather than the gadget cupboard. Regular pot lids can't hang, and they can't act as trivets, so I'll give it some points where due.
Perhaps the lid didn't convince me 100%, but given that it doesn't talk much, it made a fairly decent argument. I'll take it for what it is.
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The Nerdery is famous in the Twin Cities as a great place to work and play. So when nerds take time out to fire up the grill and invite the neighborhood over to see the new expanded headquarters, it's a fun time to say the least. The retro theme referred to a bunch of games brought out of storage: what Angry Birds??? For Shareology it broke down into games, shirts and photo booth — and away we go!!
Given the growth, both past and future, of The Nerdery, resumes were being taken on the spot. To help spot the networker of your field of choice, nerds were wearing shirts with particularly helpful backs. Just a few of the shirts that caught Shareology's eye:
The photo booth immediately caught my eye. Ya'll gathered in front of a screen, it took 4 shots, and they appeared in the tiny, tiny printer as postcards. Oh, yeah, and they were also sent to The Nerdery's Facebook page!!!
Couple of last thoughts–I think the machine below is circa 1983ish:
One of the many people-friendly aspects of The Nerdery culture is that it is definitely dog-friendly. There's even rumors of a cat or two…
Well, there you have it. Congratulations to The Nerdery for a great introduction to its new space! For more information, go to: http://nerdery.com/ or follow them on twitter: @The_Nerdery
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Drawing fish is a very unscientific activity for me. They sometimes start with a touch of fact but they go off into fantasy quite quickly.
I took the fish fantasy to great lengths when I tiled my shower with hand painted sea life tiles, made by my daughter Suzy Spoon. I was pretty sad to leave these tiles behind when I moved to the Central Coast, especially as Suzy has moved on in her artistic career, now working in film and TV.
So, speaking of the talented Suzy, may I put in a request that if any of my readers would like to help her with her non-profit business, here's how to go about it:


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Click this link to watch portions of the ceremony: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrnSrMT8I5w&feature=player_embedded
On Tuesday, I attended and spoke at a Brick Dedication Ceremony at Dickinson PD, and I did much better giving my speech there, and didn't even cry this time. I also got a standing ovation, which was very unexpected and nice! I couldn't help but think of how just 6 months ago, I stood at the very same podium, in the very same room, giving a statement just hours after Dennis Bradford was arrested in Arkansas. These past six months have really flown by, and it's just amazing to me all that has happened within that short period of time. At the ceremony in Dickinson, I met a little girl who is 9 years old, and at the age of 2, both of her parents were murdered. She is being raised by her grandmother, and was crying during the ceremony as her grandmother spoke up and told the story. It was very emotional, as they still have not caught who murdered this little girl's parents. It was heart-wrenching, to say the least. Afterward, I talked with her, and she drew me this picture: This is the reason I continue to share my story. If I could, I would bring her mom and dad back...but that isn't something I'm capable of, so at the very least, I was able to use my voice in sharing my story and showing support.. comforting her and giving her and her grandmother hope that day. As we congregated outside and enjoyed the beautiful weather, with our lit candle roses, Chief Morales unveiled a brick on the walkway of the police department, dedicated to Crime Victims.
Saturday morning, Jonathan and I got up early and headed to Galveston Island for the Crime Victims' Rights 5K Walk/Run along the Seawall. We were both excited to participate, as neither of us had ever done anything like this before, and now look forward to participating every year! Over 200 people showed up for this event, and God is so good. The weather was supposed to be awful, with over a 60% chance of rain...and honestly, we couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day for the run! It was 84 degrees, full of sunshine, mixed with a cool breeze, and we finished our walk in about 45 minutes. This was HUGE for me since I do not like to sweat, and I don't even walk to my own mailbox, lol. I ran into many supporters along the Galveston Seawall who were wearing their "Use Your Voice!" t-shirts, and I was just elated to see everyone out there and see so many familiar faces!! At my half-way point, there was an especially familiar face giving out water :) Thanks, Cromie - for all that you do to support crime victims!


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Fiscal cliff non-sense
Now we're supposed to congratulated Congress for doing what they should have done long ago. All they did was avert a disaster of their own making.
The tax increases agreed to are so very minor they barely make a difference. Even so, the House Republicans were ready to scotch the deal and let taxes go up on everybody rather than allow tax increases on those who clear over $250,000 per year. In the end, they settled reluctantly at $400,000 per year. Sorry folks, but we need a lot more revenue than that. We need a full return to the Clinton era tax rates, which were perfectly reasonable. I think the economy did fine those years, as I recall.
I am a firm believer in steeply progressive marginal tax rates. That is, as you make more, you pay a higher percentage. Far from decreasing business activity, a steeply progressive rate encourages reinvestment rather than savings. I have said it here in this space very often: High marginal tax rates (we had up to 91% rates on the highest incomes in the 1950s, when we prospered and built the interstate highway system, funded the Marshall Plan, and paid off World War II debts) encourage businesses to re-invest in their business rather than squirrel the money away. If you save 50% on what you spend, you're more likely to do it!
Of course, it is stupid to buy a new pickup just for the deduction if you don't need one. A lot of people were buying machinery and cars and other toys at the end of last year to avoid taxes. Foolishness. But if it is an authentic investment in building your business, it is wise.
We had a good year at the nursery this year. Did we squirrel the money away? No, I didn't want to pay the tax. Instead, we dumped $47,000 into tarring our yard, and improvement in our business which will last for decades. Why was I so happy to spend that money? Because the tax on that money would have been about $20,000, so that brought the cost of the tar down to $27,000. No bargain, but you can understand how the higher tax rate on the last money I earned in profit encouraged me to reinvest and keep the tar guys busy. They spend that money again--in fact, a lot of the guys who helped tar the yard have already ordered trees for next year!
A high tax rate on higher incomes keeps the money going around as people avoid that tax.
A flat tax is insane, and a recipe for economic stagnation. If you lower Joe Mauer's tax rate so he has an extra $2 million per year to take home, what will he do with it? Build another house? Hire a new maid? I doubt it. He has all he can do to spend the $12 million or more he takes home already out of his $20 million salary.
Our existing tax policy is not all that bad. All we need to do is revert to a few years back. What is really crazy are some of the ideas, particularly the ideas which are accepted as dogma by the House Republican caucus.
I wish I could say it is fun to watch the Republican party implode. However, they seem intent upon bringing down the country in the process, which nobody should wish for.


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By the CNN Wire Staff
(CNN) -- Got bottled water? Food? Sandbags? Batteries? Toilet paper?
Those are questions that millions of people in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast are asking themselves this weekend, as they prepare for Hurricane Sandy -- which has already proven to be a deadly storm and is threatening heartache, and headaches, as it creeps toward the region.
Local and state officials have joined meteorologists in trumpeting the storm's potential breadth and impact, especially if it collides with a cold front from the West to create a "superstorm" that stalls over the Eastern Seaboard for days.
Computer models predict portions of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia could see up to a foot of rain, according to the CNN Weather Unit. And even though it's still October, communities in and around the Appalachian Mountains could be socked by heavy snow.
Anne Hargrove, for one, has gotten the hint -- and, as evidenced by her fruitless trips Friday night to Northern Virginia supermarkets, pharmacies and big-box stores such as Walmart, so, too, have many of her neighbors. She found no C or D batteries and no small water bottles, but did come away with other essentials just in case the storm knocks out her electricity.
"Basically, I got (jugs of) water, toilet paper, paper towels, paper plates, paper cups, flashlights," Hargrove said Saturday in Alexandria. "The reason I did it last night was because I knew if I waited until today, I'd have to drive like 50 miles to find the place that still had it."
The rush to stay ahead of the storm is something that Richard Heilman noticed, too, as he stood in front of empty shelves at his Ace Hardware store in the Virginia city.
If the emphatic warnings from officials weren't enough, fresh memories of recent long stretches without power over the past year -- including a devastating and deadly storm system this summer that left millions in the dark for a week or more -- have spurred people to get out and not be caught flat-footed.
"People are a little bit more, hey, maybe I should go get my batteries now instead of waiting until they're all gone," Heilman said.
For some, simply stocking up is not enough.
Residents of New Jersey's barrier islands, from Sandy Hook south to Cape May, were ordered to evacuate by Sunday afternoon, as were people at Atlantic City casinos.
"I would much rather people stay in their homes," said Gov. Chris Christie, who issued the order Saturday. "But the fact of the matter is, if we're looking at hurricane force winds on the barrier islands sustained for 24 hours or more, it is simply unsafe for people to be there."
Carol Elliott said she was concerned, but won't be leaving her North Wildwood home -- because she doesn't have anywhere else to go.
Others, though, planned to abide by the order -- and keep their fingers crossed that Sandy doesn't prove to be as fierce as feared.
"I'm heeding the warning and we're going," Cheryl Nolan told CNN affiliate WKYW. "And I'm hoping that I have a house when I come back."
It won't be until late Sunday, and in some cases Monday, when the Category 1 hurricane makes its full impact known on the United States. But the storm, which Saturday night boasted 75 mph sustained winds, has already proved its might as it spun northward from the Caribbean.
Officials blame Sandy for at least 45 deaths. That figure includes 29 people in Haiti, with four more reported missing, Civil Protection spokesman Joseph Edgard Celestin said. Another 16 people were reported dead in Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.
While locales as far south as Charleston, South Carolina, got drenched, strong winds and pelting rains lashed North Carolina's Outer Banks late Saturday afternoon. The National Weather Service estimates places such as Kill Devil Hills will get between 4 to 7 inches of rain over several days, though storm surges were a parallel and, in some places, more severe concern.
Farther south in Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, Jimmy Butts raised hurricane warning flags over his seaside bar Saturday.
"It's going to be a ... strong mullet blow, what we call here in the fall," Butts told CNN affiliate WSOC. "(There will) be a lot of rain and maybe 30, 40 mph winds."
As of 8 p.m., Sandy was centered about 355 miles east-southeast of Charleston and 330 miles south of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center. Now heading northeast at a 13 mph rate, the storm is expected eventually to boomerang toward the shore and begin seriously impacting heavily populated areas Sunday.
Forecasters are still trying to pinpoint where it will its biggest impact when it finally does come entirely over land. Computer models show it striking somewhere along a roughly 700-mile stretch -- from North Carolina to as far north as Connecticut.
Its potential merger with the cold front could "energize this system" and make it more powerful, said Louis Uccellini, who is responsible for environmental prediction at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Such a scenario is not unlike the weather system that led to 1991's "Perfect Storm," when moisture flung north by Hurricane Grace combined with a high pressure system and a cold front to produce a tempest in the north Atlantic during Halloween. But Grace never made landfall.
Anne Kennedy headed on Saturday to RFK Stadium, like many other Washington, D.C., residents, to fill up her car's trunk with sandbags that she'll pass onto her daughter, who has two babies at home. Amid all the frenzy, Kennedy said she's gotten the point.
"I just turned off the news," she said. "It's too much."
Some have resigned themselves to the fact that Mother Nature is in charge -- and that, whatever they do, it won't stop the wind, rain or storm surges.
"The most stressful thing is to stand in your house, watch the water come up, and there's nothing you can do," Norfolk, Virginia, resident Bill Sawyer told CNN affiliate WVEC.
"It's going to keep coming. And then you're stuck, because now you can't get out of your house."
CNN's Athena Jones, Nunu Japardize, Greg Botelho, Ben Brumfield, Mariano Castillo, Joe Sutton, Brandon Miller and David Alsup contributed to this report


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Media reports of law enforcement officials being hit by drivers — either drunk or driving recklessly — still make the family of Peter Kneeland cringe. It was a drunken driver who left the now retired Worcester police officer with lifelong injuries.
Media reports of law enforcement officials being hit by drivers — either drunk or driving recklessly — still make the family of Peter Kneeland cringe.
It was a drunken driver who left the now retired Worcester police officer with lifelong injuries.
At a celebration for Mr. Kneeland's 60th birthday inside Beaumont Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center on Plantation Street yesterday, the retired officer sat in his wheelchair with his brand new Worcester police baseball cap.
"When I see either on the news or a news article about someone being hit or when I am driving down the road they have those signs, 'Police officer ahead,' I think of Peter," said his sister Kathleen M. DelloStritto.
Paralyzed in his right arm area and unable to speak, Mr. Kneeland kicked his legs when one city officer's radio at the party began to crackle with police activity.
It is a sound familiar to Mr. Kneeland, a sound he heard often during his 14 years on the job.
While working a paid police detail on Cambridge Street on Sept. 18, 1991, Mr. Kneeland was struck by a hit-and-run driver, who was arrested several days after the incident and was, according to officials then, driving drunk when he hit the officer.
Mr. Kneeland suffered serious head and other injuries and was in critical condition for more than 24 hours after the accident.
The city covers the cost of his care. He retired in 1998.
News of law enforcement officials being struck by drivers became prevalent this year.
In July, a Holden-based trooper was struck by an alleged drunken driver as he directed traffic at the intersection of Monsignor O'Brien Highway and Land Boulevard in Cambridge. A month before, state police Sgt. Doug Weddleton was killed while working a construction detail on Interstate 95 in Mansfield. An alleged drunken driver hit the sergeant.
"When are these people going to stop driving drunk and hitting these people?" asked Mr. Kneeland's sister Susan Carrigan. "In this day and age, can't we get it better and stop it? When I see the cops on the road I get nervous and say you have to be careful and not turn your back to traffic."
People's actions have long-term effects, even if they don't think about it, family members said.
"I don't think they think about it," Mrs. DelloStritto said. "I don't think people go out and intentionally try to harm someone, but I don't think they realize their actions can impact someone else."
It is not limited to police either, she said. Anyone can be hurt on the road by a driver either text-messaging or not paying attention.
"People aren't being attentive," she said.
For years, Mr. Kneeland's mother, Susan, kept constant care of him. She died earlier this year and now his siblings, including his brother Timothy, all share in caring for their brother.
With balloons and birthday cake around him — Mr. Kneeland officially turns 60 today — the retired officer reacts to stories from family about his time on the job. A few names of officers are told to him and he smiles.
"He's definitely aware of his surroundings," Mrs. Carrigan said.
Worcester police continue to be a part of Mr. Kneeland's extended family, made evident yesterday by the appearance of several officers who stopped by. Mr. Kneeland's salty language, gregarious ways and funny stories were all appreciated by his fellow officers.
As for the night Mr. Kneeland was struck, many officers and people in the city haven't forgotten.
"It is a night not many people forget," Mrs. DelloStritto said.


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Now headed by the new Guild Mistress, Vanaladiel!
"A child born at dawn's first light or sunset's last is said to walk the world and the half-world. They are feared and respected for they have great power. But most of these children of twilight retreat from the world and fade into the half-world. But there are those who remain..." - StarIce
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This is a guild for those of the Twilight, lovers of the mystical Night
 I have decided to create a guild for all those here who prefer Night over day, or simply just love the dark. I'm curious to see who here has interest in the shadows, and does not consider dark or night an evil thing. Anyone who has any respect for myterious and obscuring shadow, or the calm peace of night. Those of the twilight should form an alliance. Here is a place to give poetry, links to pictures, tell of any strange events surrounding the night, or other such material you would like to share. I think of night as a more magical sort of time, surrounded in Fantasy. Share any expierence of what has happened at night that may seem odd. You are free to discuss anything here, as long as you are a lover of night. We are not necessarily evil, not necessarily purely good. The twilight, the middle, where dark meets light. This also a place for stargazers.
Here is something I created about those I have met with the mind of a twilit person. It may not follow what your personality is, we waver far too much. But it may apply to some of us. It is very hard to write down in words what I feel it is to be someone like us. I'm a visual artist, and am not to good with words: We are the drift, the wavered and gradient section of the world that is between light and dark. We do not look at something and consider it evil or something else wholly good. We are intellligent, questioning, finding things out for sure. We are mysterious, enchanting, we are not exactly sure where we belong but we shall be content with out place and know all sides of life. We watch others struggle, while we are on both sides of an argument. We will not commit to one thing unless we truely believe in it. But we always have all the facts. It is as if we are in a different class all ourselves. Not overly self conscious nor self absorbed. Life is to have a good time. We float above the rest like spirits in our world of inner tranquility, untouchable as the rest struggle below us. Things are seen differently by us. We are not judgemental, nor are we openly cruel and selfish. It is as if we stand as something out of a moonlit rainbow, an untouchable fantasy creature of unknown origin that a weary traveler may see and try to follow, but loses upon the way. We aren't usually understood, but it doesnt bother us to much. We know who we are and false comments do not reach us. We are not the shadow. We are not the light. We are the Twilight, the enchanted violet blur that streaks upon the sky under the stars.
Welcoming new members any time!
World within Universe
Spirit in soul...
Black has no color
White hides them all
Grey shadows
In Twilight purple
Greatest sorrows
In brightest heart...
When is the day?
When is the night?
A Poem of My Twilight Family
As purple colors the sky
It's a call to you and I
For the children of twilight are we
So as others flee the night
We seek moonbeams and starlight
For this is where we choose to be
Dancing gracefully at night
Underneath the moons light
Is the vision of a twilight child
For as visions from a dream
Are our movements so it seem
Because we are as meadow sprites, wild
So watch closely at night
For you may catch a sight
Of a twilight child dancing free
For my twilight family and I
May choose to dance before your eye
For in the twilight do we dance with glee
"Dark is to Dark, light is to light,
Shadow reigns in the freedom of the night.
Dark is not evil, night is not cruel,
though for some reason that has been the rule.
ominous pretence
it makes no sence
lest you betray the stars"


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I have been forwarded an online book published by Nalamotu Chakravarthy called "My Telugu Roots". One of the chapters is titled, "Telangana State Demand Built on a Platform of Lies".
I don't know if I can verify all the statistics presented in the book. I thought of taking up verification of only some data. Since WATER has been one of the biggest contentions in Telangana issue, let me start with water.
As of 2003, only 10.1% of Telangana land is irrigated, while a total of 23.3% of Coastal Andhra is irrigated. [Calculated from Water Resources Information System, Government of AP.]
Percentage increase is an extremely flawed statistic, which is being used by Nalamotu Chakravarthy. Suppose in region A you start with 1 acre and add 2 acres to it, it is seen as 200% increase. But in region B you start with 100 acres and add 50 acres, it looks like only 50% increase. Without knowing where one started, it looks like region A is doing much better than region B, when in fact the region A has only 3 acres while region B has 150 acres. Nalamotu Chakravarthy uses such a strategy.
Telangana has been historically fed with tank irrigation, but it has become expensive to maintain tanks and the budget allocation for this has been gradually reducing. Many tanks in Telangana have disappeared because of lack of funds to maintain them. Telangana has been asking for canal water that is fed by constant source in rivers. Though canal irrigation was promised to Telangana in all agreements they did not get their fair share. Therefore, ground water became the last solace for Telangana. Nowadays the water tables are depleting and it has become very expensive to take water from the ground.
Here, I stick to canal irrigation statistics. This is data from a presentation made to make a case for Polavaram Project. These are not my pictures.
It is clear from the above graph that canal irrigation in Coastal AP is nearly five to six times that of Telangana. Also, take a look at the pictures below. It is clear that Telangana is massively dependent on ground water in the last thirty years. How long will this water last? Already the depth at which the water is obtained is going further and further down, making it impossible for many farmers.
I think it is the way you present the facts. Nalamotu Chakravarthy has presented the facts the way he wanted to, while Prof Jayashankar presented the facts the way he wanted. I have presented the facts the way I wanted to. As Nietzsche said:
There are no facts, only interpretations.
The fact that there have been promises made by Andhras and eventually broken is good enough reason for Telangana to quit this marriage of convenience. The fact that a lot of water was promised to us but not delivered is a good enough reason to file a case against Andhra Pradesh once Telangana is formed.
As separate state, we would like to improve our status in irrigation through canals, dams and tanks, and we don't want to be hijacked and blackmailed each time with your show of strength just because you hold a majority in the State Assembly or because you have put many of your officers in higher places all over Andhra Pradesh, including Telangana.
Addendum [08 Jan 2009]:
It looks like the data I presented above has led to more questions than answering any. In fact, I didn't expect to answer any questions. I just wanted to say how data can be used by different people in different ways.
Right now, three modes of irrigation are considered: Canal, Tank, Ground water. When Telangana became independent of Nizam, the predominant form of irrigation was through tank, while the predominant form of irrigation in Coastal Andhra was through canal. That's because while British created modern methods of small irrigation projects with canal systems, Nizam worked on age-old system of storing water in tanks.
After Independence, it was clear throughout the country that major source for water will come from canals. That's why there was a big drive on part of Nehru to build dams and canals. Andhra Pradesh got its share of dams and irrigation projects. It was clear that there will de-emphasis on tanks while there will be more concentration on canals.
With this, there were dams, irrigations projects and canals were planned. There was supposed to a fair share for Telangana. AND that did not come. That is more important than any other statistic.
Because tanks lost their sheen in the modern India, and since Andhras did not deliver us the canal waters as promised, Telangana people had to resort to the worst way of irrigation – through ground water.
While ground water is considered OK as potable water, it is not the best way to irrigate your land. It is expensive, unreliable and doesn't get replenished easily. And yet, Telangana is forced into using that water to irrigate its lands, otherwise death faces them on daily basis.
Reasonable Andhras who want to really understand this should instead look at all the agreements that were signed but not adhered to, and answer why they defaulted on their promises, instead of commenting on how the statistics are being used wrongly by different authors.
Addendum [10 Jan 2009]
The author writes:
According to the Bachawat award, Kosta gets 366 TMC, Rayalaseema 122 TMC, and Nizam Telangana gets 260 TMC of water from the River Krishna. Readers might have noticed that the water allocation does not add up to 800 TMC—the remaining water is retained as a provision for evaporation.
I am not even sure if Bachawat recommended Krishna water for Rayalaseema. I couldn't find any recommendation from Bachawat on allocation of Krishna water for Rayalaseema [I will read through the Bachawat Report once again]. Assuming what the author quoted is right about Bachawat, Telangana should still get 42% of Krishna Water vis-à-vis Coastal Andhra's 58%. Right now, Rayalaseema doesn't get water from Nagarjuna Sagar Dam.
Looking at the actual TMC numbers, and counting only 75% of left canal (even though W Godavari which is at the tail end rarely gets the 25% water) Telangana still gets close to 40% of the water.
In reality, the Left Canal feeds Nalgonda, Khamman, Krishna and West Godavari. The author conveniently forgot to mention Krishna – which takes up 35% Left Canal. The author also makes a wrong assumption that less than 25% of left canal actually reaches West Godavari (while dropping Krishna from the numbers). Going by the records of Water Resource Information System, Coastal Andhra irrigates 36% from Left canal while Telangana region irrigates only 64%.
As a net result, Telangana gets 30% of the Krishna water while Andhra gets 70% of the water. Compare this with the original premise of the author about Bachawat which gives 42% to Telangana.
Professor Jayashankar purportedly wrote:
Nagarjuna Sagar meant to benefit Andhra and Telangana regions equally is modified in such a way that 75% of the benefit is accruing to Coastal Andhra reducing the share of Telangana region to just 25%.
Prof. Jayashankar's might have given the number 25% (instead of current calculation of 30%) because he is looking at much larger timeline than this author who starts his data only in 1997. Going back in time, it is clear that discrimination was pronounced and therefore 25% of share for Telangana seems plausible.
I found some good information at: Telangana Marginalised
[The related posts are at: Case for Telangana, 6: Hyderabad State?, 8: You need to make a case, History of Telangana I, 10: Congratulations!, History of Telangana II, 11: Why so much opposition?, 12: Ignorance, Bad Faith and Low Opinion. 13: Let's stay United!, 14: Letter to Andhra Brothers, 15: Concerns, 16: Samaikya Andhra, 17: More Concerns, 18: Betrayal, 19: Hyderabad a Union Territory?, 20: Welcome the Change, 21: Status of Hyderabad, 22: Cheat the Cheated, 23: Tidbits, 24: United we Stand, 25: Congratulations Andhra, 26: Untoward Incidents and Unity, 27: Violence mars Telangana Agitation, 28: Stickers, 29: Reporting from Hyderabad, 30: How Telangana Movement Spread, 31: Free 1948. Surrender 1956. Free 2010. Telangana 32: Don't give in. Don't give up.]


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There are many surprising things indeed to be discovered in the course of listening to Start and Complete, the new album from About Group, but perhaps none more so than the beautifully unorthodox genesis of the band itself.
Comprising Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip), Charles Hayward (This Heat), John Coxon (Spring Heel Jack, Spiritualized) and Pat Thomas, who has played with the likes of Derek Bailey, Tony Oxley and others, the band originally formed to make a record of improvised music for the Treader label in 2009, having never played together as a whole before the day it took them to make their first album. After a clutch of live performances (supporting Gang Gang Dance, playing Ornette Coleman's Meltdown Festival and even Glastonbury, among others) they regrouped to record this album.
Start And Complete is the highly engaging result; recorded in one day at Abbey Road, Studio 2, and mixed over three days on Conny Plank's old desk, at Mark Ralph's London studio. The songs were written by Taylor over the last few years and some, but not all of them, were given out as a CD in piano/vocal demo form for the other members of the group to hear a few days before the studio date. The idea was that no one band member would know the songs well enough to have specific parts, or be prevented from playing something like the first ideas that came into their head.
What followed was a collection of songs created in an atmosphere of close listening and instinctive group interplay. The instruments used are a rotating line up of drums, Wurlitzer, organ, piano, electric guitar and electronic textures, ensuring About Group combine a live-in-the-studio band feel around Taylor's yearning vocal lines. The band's instincts for experimentation make for subtle shifts in direction and tone, particularly when Thomas' electronic flourishes move centre stage, blurring the line between improvisation and songwriting structure.
On "Don't Worry" and "Lay Me Down", Taylor's keyboard vamps, along with Coxon and Taylor's wah guitars and the shuffling beat, suggest what a vintage Muscle Shoals session might sound like in the abstract. And on their re-interpretation of Harvey Averne/Terry Riley's "You're No Good", the band stretch out over ten minutes. Locking into a groove they cut loose into a sustained Kosmiche workout, propelled by one of Hayward's signature and unique drum parts and Coxon's almost-soloing on the guitar – showing they are as adept at a head-nodding jam as the elegant constructions of the album's shorter pieces. Taken in total, Start and Complete is a richly rewarding and constantly fascinating listening experience, not to mention an inspired act of musicianship which pays off with handsome dividends.
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New people almost always come to the megachurch because family, friends or coworkers invited them. Fifty-five percent of megachurch attenders volunteer at the church in some way (a higher percentage than in smaller churches). What first attracted attenders were the worship style, the senior pastor and the church's reputation, in that order.
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The European Chain Reaction 2020 is a science/art project for primary schools wishing to create, film and upload a "Rube-Goldberg/Robert Storm Petersen-like" chain reaction. This project is a competition and a European collaboration! The school which uploads the most astonishing, creative chain reaction not only wins a trophy, but also wins tons of fame! In the end all videos will be emerged into ONE BIG CROSS BORDER EUROPEAN CHAIN REACTION (look at the European Chain Reaction 2016)!
This eTwinning project allows as many as possible European schools - all from different countries - to enter the competition! By entering the competition you agree to the following rules:
- When you enter the competition, your school e-mails an image of the school and a short text in which the school presents herself!
- Your kids present themselves in a short video. The best way to do this is by presenting themselves in a human chain reaction. This video should be uploaded by Friday December 2oth 2019.
- You and your class will have until Friday January 10th 2020 to create, practice, film and upload a video of your chain reaction to a videosite (like Vimeo, Youtube, ...) and embed it in this blog.
- When all videos are uploaded to the blog every school will watch the entries of the other participants and will decide on wich countries receive wich amount of points.
All points should be e-mailed to Nataša Majstrović by Tuesday January 21st 2020.
- On Friday January 24th the class of Johannes Windisch will record a newsflash announcing who will be the winner of the project. The link to this video will be kept secret until Monday January 27th 11:00
- On Friday January 24th the class of Johannes Windisch will record a newsflash announcing who will be the winner of the project. The link to this video will be kept secret until Monday January 27th 11:00
(Brussels time).
- On Monday January 27th 11:00 Brussels time the video will be embedded into the website, so everyone can find out how well they scored in this competition and how fabulous the ECR 2020 really is! The winning school wins the everlasting respect of all the other participants!
- On Monday January 27th 11:00 Brussels time the video will be embedded into the website, so everyone can find out how well they scored in this competition and how fabulous the ECR 2020 really is! The winning school wins the everlasting respect of all the other participants!
1. Only one school from each country will be allowed to enter. We would like to have as many as possible European countries involved!
2. The European Chain Reaction 2020 project is for primary schools and kindergarten schools only!
3. Once you have agreed to enter and submitted your request to the project coordinator, Dave Schrauwen you will receive an invitation to become a partner in the project, followed later by a separate invitation to contribute to the project's blog. You need to sign up for the blog, whereby you will be able to upload your finished chain reaction in due course. In addition, please send Joe Robinson a brief description of your school, along with a photograph, that Joe will add to the blog, so that each country can see who is taking part.
4. All schools will upload a short video in which they present themselves so all contestants can get to know their opponents/partners! The best way to do this is by creating a human chain reaction video!
5. The actual technological chain reaction should be created and practiced by the students and their teachers (giving them advice) only! The chain reaction has to be a technological chain reaction. Children may appear in the video shortly, but the technological aspect is the most important! Look at the winning 2011 video for a very good exemple!
6. The length of the chain reaction video should be at least 30 seconds. The video may be shot by the teacher or the children.
7. Every partner is responsible for his own entry! When inserting music into the video, please use music that is copyright free. You could use a creative commons sound or song. You can find free sounds and music here: http://dig.ccmixter.org/
8. All entries should be completed by Friday January 10th 2020. When your chain reaction is ready, you upload the video of this chain reaction to the blog, via www.blogger.com using either the "upload video" section of the site, or by uploading your video to Vimeo, YouTube, ... then copying and pasting the embed code into your blog post. All files MUST be uploaded by Friday January 10th, as each country will then need to watch all the entries and judge them during the following weeks - Monday January 13th - Tuesday January 21st.
9. Please encourage your children to post a comment on the videos sent in by other countries. By doing so, your children will learn some ICT -skills and learn to express themselves in a foreign language.
10. Once you and your pupils have watched each entry and chosen your favourites, email your choices to Nataša Majstrović, BEFORE Wednesday January 22nd, so the pupils of Johannes create and record the newsflash on who is the winner of the project on Friday January 24th. YOU MUST NOT VOTE FOR YOUR OWN ENTRY!
11. The newsflash in which the winner of the competition will be announced and the European Chain Reaction will be showed will be added to the blog on Monday January 27th at 11:00 Brussels time, in order for everyone to find out at the same time who has won the competition!
GOOD LUCK to all countries! Enjoy making your entry, and watching all the other entries!
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Hello everybody.
After spending several hours blowing out my mind about the optional subject that I am going to deal with, this semester, the final decision included WSN.
Keeping also in mind that I lastly cooperate with JAVA, an idea flashed:
to search for a project that deals with both JAVA and WSN and I came here up to feedback this question.
Any interesting ideas?
*WSN = Wireless Sensor Netoworks*